The problem came up recently about how to make sure plugins activated in the WordPress plugin UI don't get deactivated if they are necessary for a site to function. I thought that was an interesting thought puzzle worth spending 15 minutes on, so I came up with this function as a solution: Which can be …

Having a secure way to manage your usenet downloads of the hit movie Big Buck Bunny with SABnzbd+ is great, but one problem/feature of Let's Encrypt is that the SSL certificates expire only after three months, requiring plenty of renewals. Luckily this can be easily scripted and forgotten. The primary part of renewing the SSL …